Unxweme lwaseBeau Vallon oludumileyo eSeychelles lwaphinda lwangqina kwakhona omnye unyaka wobunewunewu obuhle kakhulu kwi-12^th Ushicilelo lweSeychelles Eco-Friendly Marathon.

Umnyhadala, ngoku ongumhla ophawulwe kwikhalenda yeimbaleki zamanye amazwe, ivumela abathathi-nxaxheba kwihlabathi lonke ukuba bakhuphisane ngelixa bonwabela umbono obalaseleyo weSychelles kwikhosi yabo.

Imvula kunye nemimoya ayikhange ibatyhafise abathathi-nxaxheba njengabagijimi abangaphezulu kwamawaka amathathu ababhalisele ushicilelo lowama-2019 oludibanise iindidi zohlanga ezahlukeneyo ezilungiselela iimbaleki zayo yonke iminyaka nobuchule.

Yayiyinto eqhelekileyo ukubona ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabantwana ecaleni kwabazali babo, izibini ezitshatileyo, abantu abadala, imbaleki yeembaleki kunye neengcali zemarathon zihlikihla amagxa okubaleka kwimigama eyahlukeneyo kubandakanya umgama ngokukodwa i-5km, i-10km, i-21k- half-marathon kunye ne-42k marathon epheleleyo.

Umdyarho we-5km yayingowona msitho uthandwayo kolu hlelo luka-2019 kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba abangaphezu kwe-1600 abavela kwizizwe ezahlukeneyo kubandakanya uMzantsi Korea, i-India, iNepal, iMalaysia, i-UK, iFinland, iFrance, i-US, iKenya phakathi kwabanye.

Kwicala lamadoda uMatheus Kadhingula waseNamibia uphumelele ugqatso, owesizwe waseKenya uJackson Ndegwa wamxhasa, ngelixa uGeo Belle imbaleki ethembisayo yaseSeychellois yangena kwindawo yesithathu eqongeni.

Kwicala labasetyhini, uWambui Maina waseKenya uphume kwindawo yokuqala kwicandelo lakhe elandelwa yiSeychelloise Maggy Harray kunye nelizwe laseMalagasy uCorine Rasaonanteniana.

Ezi ziganeko zikwathathe nenxaxheba kwe-Sekela Mongameli wase-Seychelles uMnu Vincent Meriton obebaleka i-10km kunye ne-Seychelles Tourism Board (i-STB) kwiNtloko yeSigqeba uNkosikazi Sherin Francis obaleke i-5km. UNkosikazi Francis wajoyinwa liqela elomeleleyo le-STB elinamalungu avela kwiKomkhulu nakwii-ofisi zangaphandle.

Enze ingxelo kuhlelo lowama-2019 lwe-Eco-Friendly Marathon, UNkosikazi Francis uqhwabele izandla ikomiti eququzelelayo ngokudibanisa umsitho ophumeleleyo; Uye wakhankanya ukuba ukubakho kwabathathi-nxaxheba bamanye amazwe kuzo zonke iintlanga kubonakalise indlela esithandwa ngayo esi siganeko kwilizwe liphela.

“I-Eco-Friendly Marathon lulongezo kwiinzame zethu zokuthengisa iSeychelles ngaphezulu kwesanti, ulwandle kunye nendawo yokufikela elangeni. Umnyhadala usivumele ukuba sibeke iSeychelles emephini njengendawo entle yemidlalo, eqhubeka nezinye iindlela zemidlalo eziququzelelwa eSeychelles, utshilo uNkosikazi Francis.

UNksk. Francis ukhankanye ukuba i-STB ihlala iliqabane elizidlayo kulo msitho njengoko idala ukubonakala kweSeychelles kwimithombo yeendaba ekhethekileyo yezemidlalo.

Usuku lomdyarho luqukunjelwe ngesidlo sangokuhlwa eBerjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino apho abantu abahlukeneyo bebekhona ukuze babeke abaphumeleleyo kwiHalf-Marathon nakwiMarathon 2019

Ababekhona kulo msitho bebechongwe njengoMphathiswa weMicimbi yezeKhaya, uRhulumente waseKhaya, uLutsha, ezeMidlalo, iNkcubeko, noLawulo lweNtlekele, UNksk Macsuzy Mondon, uJean Larue, u-CEO weBhunga lezeMidlalo leSizwe (NSC), uNkosazana Jenifer Sinon, wezoKhenketho lwaseSeychelles ISekela leGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba kunye noGustave De Commarmond- uSekela Gosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba samaShishini oBugcisa kunye neArhente yeSizwe yeziganeko (CINEA)

Ngexesha lokuthetha kwakhe kumsitho wesidlo sangokuhlwa uNksk. Mondon wakhankanya ukoneliseka kwakhe kukubona ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabantu abavela kwiintlanga ezahlukeneyo, ubudala, iindlela zobomi. UNkosikazi Mondon uqhubeke wathi ukuthatha inxaxheba kukhuphiswano olunje kufuna inkalipho nokuzimisela.

Uthathe ithuba wabulela abaxhasi, umlawuli womdyarho UNks Giovanna Rousseau kunye neqela lakhe nawo onke amavolontiya athe anceda ekwenzeni umsitho ube yimpumelelo.

Kwicala lakhe, umlawuli womdyarho uNks.Giovanna Rousseau uphawule ngombulelo wakhe kwiqela lakhe ngemizamo engeniswe ngumntu ngamnye kubo, wakhankanya ukuba inani labathathi-nxaxheba liyaqhubeka likhula minyaka le kwaye wahambisa umnqweno wakhe wokuba nabathathi-nxaxheba abaninzi bajoyine iSeychelles I-Eco-Friendly Marathon yoshicilelo oluzayo.

12^th Ushicilelo lweSeychelles Eco-Friendly Marathon lubhalise inani labathathi-nxaxheba abangama-65 abavela kumazwe angama-28 kulo nyaka.

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Giovanna Rousseau commented on her gratitude towards her team for the efforts submitted by each one of them, she mentioned that the number of participants keeps growing every year and she conveyed her wishes to have more participants join the Seychelles Eco-Friendly Marathon for the coming edition.
The event, which has now become a date marked on the international runners' calendar, allows participants from all over the globe to compete whilst enjoying a panoramic view of beautiful Seychelles on their course.
Yayiyinto eqhelekileyo ukubona ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabantwana ecaleni kwabazali babo, izibini ezitshatileyo, abantu abadala, imbaleki yeembaleki kunye neengcali zemarathon zihlikihla amagxa okubaleka kwimigama eyahlukeneyo kubandakanya umgama ngokukodwa i-5km, i-10km, i-21k- half-marathon kunye ne-42k marathon epheleleyo.